First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 86: Spirit Medicine

"I'll take a look."

The Spirit-Hiding Mouse communicated with its mind and then sniffed its nose, quickly tilting its head towards a region to the west.

"There, about three miles away, there's something."

"What is it?"

"I don't know." The Spirit-Hiding Mouse shrugged with its two hands, "We'll have to see to find out. I can only discern the value of things based on their aura."

"Then let's go take a look."

Following its words, Shen Mo rode his sword towards the direction.

Soon, he saw the treasure that the Spirit-Hiding Mouse had mentioned.

It was a mature green lotus growing unexpectedly in the crevices of the rocks.

"A top-grade spirit medicine, the Green Lotus. It is one of the auxiliary medicines for breaking through barriers. It's not commonly seen, and its market price can reach three spirit stones."

Because Shen Mo had learned many pharmacopoeias and alchemical formulas, he recognized many spirit medicines at a glance.

After picking the Green Lotus, Shen Mo returned to find Cao Ren.

Cao Ren had also finished his cultivation and was excited when he saw Shen Mo. "Where did you go? I just finished my cultivation, and relying on the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth, I broke through the bottleneck and reached perfection in my cultivation technique!"

"Breakthrough?" Shen Mo raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Congratulations. I went ahead to explore and found a spirit medicine, so I took it along."

As he spoke, he opened his palm and showed Cao Ren the Green Lotus.

"Wow, it's really a treasure. I can't believe you found a spirit medicine so easily!"

Cao Ren looked envious.

Seeing this, Shen Mo casually threw the Green Lotus to him. "Besides being used to refine the Barrier-Breaking Pill, this spirit medicine can also be ingested to consolidate cultivation and enhance the internal spiritual energy."

"You just broke through your cultivation technique, so I'm giving it to you."

So generous?

Cao Ren was slightly stunned and surprised. "Isn't this spirit medicine valuable?"

"It's not expensive. Its market price is probably around three low-grade spirit stones."

"Thank you."

After hearing the value, Cao Ren was even more grateful.

Although for Shen Mo, who had multiple sources of income and knew how to make money, three low-grade spirit stones were nothing.

But Cao Ren didn't have such financial resources. It was not easy for him to become a disciple of the sect, and yet he still lived a tight life.

He didn't have the confidence to give away three low-grade spirit stones.

"It's just a small item."

Shen Mo didn't mind.

It was just his first harvest after entering the Mountain and River Realm.

In the ten days of the trial, he was confident that the value of the spirit medicines and treasures he would find would be hundreds of times more than this Green Lotus.

Teaming up with Cao Ren, he naturally wouldn't hesitate to give him something.

"Squeak! Squeak!"

At this moment, the Spirit-Hiding Mouse climbed onto Shen Mo's shoulder again and rubbed its cheek against his face, as if asking for credit.

Although it didn't communicate any message with its divine sense, its meaning was self-evident.

"Okay, you can have it." Shen Mo took out a piece of prepared dried meat from his Qiankun Bag and rewarded it to the Spirit-Hiding Mouse.

He knew that this lazy creature would only work if it had something to eat.

Before entering the Mountain and River Realm, he specifically bought two Red-Horned Bulls from the market and made them into dried meat, which he stored in his Qiankun Bag.

Even if the Spirit-Hiding Mouse could eat a lot, it would be enough for these ten days.

"You actually brought this mouse with you?"

Cao Ren was somewhat surprised when he saw the Spirit-Hiding Mouse.

"This creature is not an ordinary giant mouse."

Shen Mo smiled faintly, touched the Spirit-Hiding Mouse's head, and said, "It has some abilities. It can search for all kinds of treasures. We've been relying on it to search for treasures in the Mountain and River Realm these past few days."

"It can also search for treasures?"

Cao Ren was surprised.

In his previous visits to Shen Mo's cave, he had seen this giant rat sleeping under a tree, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

He thought Shen Mo had just picked up a small spirit beast to guard the entrance.

He didn't expect this Spirit-Hiding Rat to be so capable.

Soon, Cao Ren witnessed the Spirit-Hiding Rat's ability to find treasures.

In the following day, guided by the Spirit-Hiding Rat, Shen Mo and Cao Ren searched everywhere.

By nightfall, they had already harvested a large number of treasures.

Sixteen Dragon Blood Grass, seven pieces of Red Fire Elemental Copper, half a pound of Milky Way Stone Milk, and three Nine-Curve Spirit Ginseng.

They had obtained over a hundred items, big and small.

And according to Shen Mo's estimation, if they were to sell these items in the market, they could fetch at least eight hundred low-grade spirit stones.

"This is simply amazing!"

After counting, Cao Ren was dumbfounded.

He finally understood why Shen Mo didn't want to team up with others.

To have such a harvest in just one day was enough to make anyone jealous.

"If we calculate the daily harvest like this, the value of the spiritual herbs, minerals, and rare treasures we gather on this trip to the mountains and rivers will be worth eight thousand low-grade spirit stones, even without considering the improvement in cultivation."

What does eight thousand low-grade spirit stones mean?

With Shen Mo's alchemy and talisman-making skills, he was already considered quite good at accumulating wealth among Qi Gathering stage cultivators.

Even for him, it would take several years without any expenses.

"All the harvest in the mountains and rivers will be yours. When the time comes to sell the items outside, you can keep two hundred spirit stones for yourself."

Cao Ren hesitated for a while, then reported a number to Shen Mo.

Since he was in a team with Shen Mo and had contributed somewhat, it was only natural for him to get a share.

But Cao Ren also knew that these treasures had nothing to do with him. He was just a runner and herb digger, and it didn't make much difference whether he was in the team or not.

Therefore, after some calculations, he only asked for a very small share.

"I'll listen to you. If there are any spiritual herbs you need in the future, you can take them."

Shen Mo nodded, agreeing to this distribution method.

If Shen Mo didn't bring Cao Ren along, relying solely on himself, it wouldn't be difficult to obtain a spiritual herb or rare treasure worth a hundred spirit stones, as long as he wasn't robbed.

After such a huge harvest, Cao Ren ultimately chose to take only two hundred spirit stones as his share.

It can be seen that it wasn't a mistake to bring this guy along and mentor him.

This guy had average strength and a somewhat cowardly personality. His only advantage might be his self-awareness and lack of excessive greed.

Just this alone was better than many others.

Night fell, and the cold wind was bone-chilling. Shen Mo lit a bonfire, and the group was ready to rest.

As the biggest contributor, the Spirit-Hiding Rat received an unprecedentedly rich dinner.

Shen Mo took out over fifty catties of dried meat for it to gnaw on.

From evening until late at night, the Spirit-Hiding Rat finally finished eating.

"I sense that there is a treasure twenty-one li to the southeast."

After eating their fill, the Spirit-Hiding Rat suddenly communicated with Shen Mo using its spiritual sense.

"Let's search for it tomorrow. It's too late tonight."

Shen Mo sat cross-legged to cultivate. He had never been so relaxed before and took advantage of the rest time to swallow some spiritual herbs that could enhance his qi and blood, hoping to cultivate the Dragon Elephant Blood Demon Body as soon as possible.

"That treasure is very valuable."

The Spirit-Hiding Rat sent another message. It was extremely sensitive to this scent.

If it didn't speak out, it would be itching all over.

"Very valuable?"

Shen Mo stopped his cultivation. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go."

Ordinary items were no longer of interest to Shen Mo. Today's harvest was already bountiful.

But if there were good treasures, he couldn't sit still.

(End of this chapter)